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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
... below 10,000 for the first time since October 8. Investors largely overlooked data showing a seventh straight gain in factory output, which rose 1.4 per cent in September on-month. The current session on Wall Street will have a significant impact on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... consolidated recent gains, largely shrugging off a plunge in Chinese shares and weaker-than-expected data from the US factory sector. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 26 points, 0.29 per cent, to 9070.72. The Nasdaq composite dipped 7.75 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... as positive data continued to feed confidence that the financial slump is nearing its end. Revised official data showed factory production rose 5.9 per cent in April from the previous month, better than an initial estimate of 5.2. The Nikkei-225 index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
... France's CAC 40 rose 42.91 points, or 1.38 per cent, to 3,159.85. TOKYO - Japanese investors were boosted by a rise in March factory output, which raised hopes the downturn's low point may be past. The Nikkei-225 index gained 334.49 points, or 3.94 per ...

GFC Problem solved

... stronger legs. I noted in my report yesterday the improvement in some US economic indicators. Last night there was more. US factory orders increased by 1.8 per cent in February - better than market expectations for a 1.5 per cent rise and the first gain ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
... their assets at current prices. The change should help banks reduce losses. Another positive economic indicator came with factory orders posting a large increase in February. The market's advance came as the G20 ministers devised plans to give more than ...

The light, the light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... this is a volatile series and we would need several more months of positive results to confirm the turnaround in the US factory sector. But knowing what we know, the sharp collapse in demand over the past few years might be close to finding a bottom ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... cent, to 3,546.2. NEW YORK - Wall Street ended higher in choppy trade after upbeat data on US home sales and durable goods factory orders fuelled hopes that an economic recovery is in sight. Trade was volatile, however, and stocks dipped into negative ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... Department report that is likely to show the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs. Better-than-expected retail sales and factory orders were not enough to stoke investor confidence. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 281.40 points, or 4.09 ...

Focus on the good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... losses brought on by reports that initial jobless benefit claims jumped to their highest levels since 1982 and that US factory orders fell by more than market expectations. The bad and ugly. US jobless claims hit a 26-year high, surging by 35,000 to ...